Training / Workshops

Contact Mardi Briggs at (661) 636-4870 or email her at mabriggs@kern.org for more information on any of the following seminars or workshops.


redball:  QSS Training Sponsored by the QSS Users' Group Finance/Personnel Committee (updated 02/26/08)

April 7, 2008 (Monday)  QCC (QSS ControlCenter) Employee Maintenance #1 - on-line Webinar, 10:30am -12:00 noon; $25 tuition

April 16, 2008 (Wednesday)  QCC Employee Maintenance #2 - on-line Webinar, 10:30am -12:00 noon; $25 tuition

April 24, 2008 (Thursday)  QCC Financial Reports (specifically designed for participants who are already well-versed in the traditional version of Financial Reports) - on-line Webinar, 10:30am -12:00 noon; $25 tuition

June 2008  Establishing Security for QCC (full-day on-site seminar) $25 tuition

  • June 4, 2008 (Wednesday)  Southern California    à Corona-Norco USD
  • June 10, 2008 (Tuesday)  Northern California    à Sacramento COE

We anticipate that some LEAs will want to register individually in order to view this webinar at their desks, whereas others may wish to submit a single registration but gather a group of end-users in a computer lab in order to view the webinar together.  Please distribute this information throughout your organization however you deem appropriate.  Call Sue Daniel at (661) 636-4732 for registration details.  Please be sure to register at least 48 hours prior to the beginning of the webinar to ensure that your registration has been processed appropriately.  Once you have registered, if you do not receive your e-mail reply containing the web link and phone number for webinar participation within 24 hours, please contact BaSS at (661) 636-4732.


redball:  >>> NEW <<< BaSS TRAINING SCHEDULE FOR 2008!  (updated 04/01/08)

BaSS is pleased to announce our training schedule for the upcoming months. Please review the following dates and topics we will be covering.

When we get closer to the training date, you will receive a reminder telling you the specific things that will be covered in each class. If you need more information on the topic to plan staff attendance, you may call for a brief description at (661) 636-4732.

You may send an email to Sue Daniel at sudaniel@kern.org to reserve your spot in any of the classes. Please forward this email to anyone in your agency that might be interested in the training.  A new schedule will be published in the following months for additional dates and topics for spring and summer.  Any topic not listed on this schedule will most likely be covered at a later date, but be sure to let us know what you are interested in covering.

We will enroll the first 28 people who respond for each class.  In cases where the classes fill up early, we will try to offer the topic again on an alternate date.  All classes will be held in Studio 3 on the Second Floor of 1300 17th Street, City Centre.

April 15, 2008 (Tuesday) Retro Program and Other Uses for this Program - great for projections if you don't use Position Control

April 17, 2008 (Thursday) Payroll/Retirement Connection

April 22, 2008 (Tuesday) Epylon - e-commerce online purchasing

April 24, 2008 (Thursday) Position Control for Beginners

May 1, 2008 (Thursday) Personnel Reporting and Program Review

May 6, 2008 (Tuesday) Budget Development - the old way and the new way

May 8, 2008 (Thursday) Position Control - Advanced

May 13, 2008 (Tuesday) Financial Reporting

May 15, 2008 (Thursday) Review of SACS Reporting and Understanding the TRC (Technical Review Checklist) - get your financials ready NOW

May 20, 2008 (Tuesday) Deferred Payroll and Retirement Adjustments

May 22, 2008 (Thursday) Rolling Paylines to the New Fiscal Year

June 10, 2008 (Tuesday) Absence Tracking Year-End Processes

June 12, 2008 (Thursday) Purchasing /Use Tax / Payables and Liabilities for Year-End Processes

>> All BaSS classes, unless otherwise indicated, will be held in Studio 3 on the 2nd floor of the City Centre building from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with an hour for lunch.


redball:   QSS WORKSHOPS FOR 2008 (updated 03/26/08)

Note: Whenever possible, these seminars will focus on the graphical user interface (GUI) versions of QSS software.

April 17, 2008 (Thursday) Establishing Security in the GUI Software with QSS ControlCenter

May 6, 2008 (Tuesday) Stores, Fixed Assets, and Fixed Assets Inventory Software

May 7, 2008 (Wednesday) Fiscal Year Transition Tasks for Finance, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Stores, Payroll, Position Control, Retirement, Absence Tracking, Benefits Management, and Job History

Time: 9 a.m. - 12:00 noon, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Unless otherwise specified, these workshops will be held at the QSS offices at 2121 S. El Camino Real, Suite D200, San Mateo, California 94403.  For a map and directions please see http://www.qss.com/QSSMap.pdf

Cost: Tuition for all one-day workshops is $250.00 per person per workshop - if 10 or more paying customers attend a workshop, QSS will only invoice $200 per person for that workshop. Some of the workshops are two days in length and will have a proportionally higher tuition cost. 

Registration: Announcements, including seminar descriptions and sign-up sheets, will be available at BaSS approximately eight weeks prior to each workshop. They will also be posted at the QSS web page at http://www.qss.com/workshop.htm at that time.

QSS reserves the right to cancel any of the above workshops if fewer than eight people have registered two weeks prior to the scheduled workshop date.

For more information about any of these seminars, please contact Sue Daniel at (661) 636-4732 or Mardi Briggs at (661) 636-4870.


> NEW!!! < QCC Documentation and Training Guides

This section contains links to the most current documentation for QCC (QSS ControlCenter).  Each link in the table below opens a PDF file (Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or newer required).   If you do not have this program or you have an earlier version, click on the Get Acrobat Reader icon to download a free copy.

 

Absence Tracking Transition Guide (QCC) (6/07) (2.1MB) This guide is intended for QSS customers who are transitioning from the Traditional to the QCC version of the QSS/OASIS Absence Tracking System. It assumes you are familiar with QSS/OASIS Absence Tracking. This guide is designed to answer the ‘how do I do that in the QCC’ questions for those customers who know the answer to the ‘how do I do that’ questions for the Traditional version of QSS/OASIS Absence Tracking. This guide is not meant to be a complete manual or training guide, but a quick reference to get you started. You can also download this guide as a PowerPoint presentation (3.1MB).
Accounts Receivable (10/04) (4.1MB) This manual tells how to use the Client/Server Accounts Receivable software. This Microsoft Windows-based software allows you to create invoices and record receipts in the General Ledger database. You can print a cover page and spine insert for binders. To update printed copies, print the entire 10/04 edition and discard any previous versions.
Configuring Non-Privileged Windows Users to Update QCC (7/23/07) (2MB) Updated This GUIDE tells how to set up QCC so AUTOUPDATE can update QCC on Windows workstations when a Windows user is logged in to an account that does not allow installing or updating software. These instructions tell how to create a privileged Windows account and configure the AUTOUPDATE process to log in to that account when updating QCC.

NOTE: If you set up this Windows user before installing the GS14 Release, consult with your account manager for supplemental instructions. The 7/23/07 update includes additional instructions for setting up the privileged account at sites with multiple domains.
Core Financial Manual (QCC) (11/07)  New This manual is a reference guide for setting up and using the QSS/OASIS Financial System. It tells how to set up the general ledger for a fiscal year, create a chart of accounts, manage the budget, make adjustments to the general ledger, and create reports. Chapter 9 of this document is the replacement for the QCC Financial Reports document. You can print a cover page and spine insert for binders.
Financial Reports (QCC) (07/06) 5.2MB This document is obsolete. For the most recent documentation for financial reports, see Chapter 9 in the QCC Core Financial Manual.
Fixed Asset - QCC Version (6/04) (4.5MB) This manual tells how to use the QCC version of the Fixed Asset software. You can print a cover page and spine insert for binders.
Getting Started with QCC Budget Development (2/07) (0.3MB) This guide provides a brief overview of how to use the Budget Development System in QCC. It gives an overview of how to use the Budget Development window and tells where to find reports and processes for Budget Development in QCC.
Guide to QSSXML and QSS Job Requestor (5/05) (2.5MB)  This guide is written for Account Managers to help them check and modify the hundreds of Student and other reports so that the QCC-based report request windows match those on the traditional screens. The purpose of this program is to let non-programmers modify the QCC report request windows to match the ‘traditional screen’ requests, and to produce accurate output in the reports, like the ‘traditional screen’ requests.
Initial QCC Setup Guidelines (1/06) (0.3MB) This guide tells you how to get started with setting up QCC users, user classes, and printers after you have installed QCC on your system. 
Module, Task, and User Security for QCC (12/21/07) (3.6MB) 
Updated for GS16 Release
This guide is for system administrators and QSS account managers who support QCC. This update includes all of the modules in the GS16 Release. This revision includes over a dozen new user security records for the EMPMAINT Module (Employee Maintenance window).
Package Manager for QSS ControlCenter (QCC) (0.2MB) (7/1/07) These instructions tell how to use Package Manager to download and manage installation packages for updating the QCC programs on PCs. After you download packages from the QSS update server, you can designate the production package and Beta packages of QCC that are available to users at your site. 
Printing Reports with Print Manager (2/08) (3.1MB) 
Updated
This guide tells how to use the QCC version of Print Manager to print reports that you launch from the traditional QSS/OASIS software and from the QCC screens in QCC. Print Manager allows you to view reports by date created, job number, report title, and report name. You can have up to 9 View windows for reports open simultaneously, and you can easily export reports to Word, Excel, PDF, or a delimited text file. You can print a cover page and spine insert for binders.
QSS ControlCenter Guide (8/28/06) (1.5MB) 
This guide tells how to use QSS ControlCenter, which is the entry point for running the QCC versions of QSS/OASIS software on your PC. After you log into QCC, it allows you to select the QSS/OASIS programs to which you have access. This guide also tells how to launch reports from the Job Menu window and update copies of QCC on your PC.
Student Maintenance Notes (3/06) (1.3MB)  These notes tell how to use the Student Maintenance window included on the GS3 Release. This window is the QCC version of Student Maintenance (SA0002) in the traditional software. Each of the tabs on the Student Maintenance window correspond to one of the screens in SA0002.
Student Query Notes (3/06) (0.6MB)  These notes tell how to use the Student Query window included on the GS3 Release. This window is the equivalent of Student Query (QQSTU) in the traditional software.
System Security and Session Administration for QSS ControlCenter (QCC) (6/2007) (2.0MB)  This guide is for system administrators and QSS account managers who support QCC.  It tells how to use the System Security window to set up users, printers, modules, tasks, menus, and user security. It also tells how to use the Session Administration window to see who is logged in to QCC and what applications each user is running. The 6/2007 revision includes the changes made to the System Security window on the GS13 Release in June 2007.

QCC Training Notes

 

Advanced Budget and Financial Reports (QCC) (2/2008)  ** New **

 

Budget Development (QCC) (2/2008)  ** New **

 

Financial Reporting for New Users (QCC) (10/2007)  ** New **

 

Finance System Implementation Guide (QCC) (10/2006 reissued 1/2007)


blueball:  Training Guides

As this office develops training guides, they will be posted here. Click on the desired guide to read it with Adobe Acrobat. You can then save the file if you want it on your machine.

Position Control Training Guide

Financial Reports Training Guide


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